Tapestry Psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic, Somatic, and Cognitive Therapy for Individuals and Couples*

Modalities

  • Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a form of talk therapy that delves into a person's past to understand how past experiences might be influencing their current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

  • Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-centered approach to healing trauma. Unlike traditional talk therapies that primarily focus on thoughts and emotions, SE emphasizes the body as the primary source of information.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It helps individuals identify and change negative or unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to mental health challenges. CBT emphasizes practical strategies like identifying and challenging negative thoughts, developing coping mechanisms, and practicing new behaviors. This approach aims to break down problematic thought patterns and replace them with more realistic and positive ones, leading to improved emotional regulation and overall well-being.

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a highly effective approach to couples therapy that centers on the emotional connection between partners. Grounded in attachment theory, EFT helps couples understand how their attachment styles and emotional needs influence their interactions. Couples will be guided through a process of identifying negative communication patterns, exploring underlying emotions, and developing a deeper understanding of each other's vulnerabilities. EFT helps couples build a more secure attachment bond, enhance emotional responsiveness, and develop healthier ways of communicating their needs.

  • Expressive Arts Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that utilizes creative processes like painting, sculpting, dancing, playing music, and writing to facilitate emotional expression, self-discovery, and healing. This holistic approach recognizes the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit, allowing individuals to explore and express emotions that may be difficult to articulate verbally. By engaging in creative activities, individuals can gain insights into their thoughts and feelings, develop coping skills, improve communication, and process challenging life experiences such as trauma or grief.

  • Narrative therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on how individuals construct their own life stories. This approach recognizes that people understand themselves through the narratives they create about their experiences. These stories can be influenced by societal expectations and past experiences, which may not always accurately reflect an individual's true self. In narrative therapy, the therapist helps the client re-examine their life story, identifying strengths, values, and positive experiences that have been overshadowed by negative or limiting narratives. By working together, the therapist and client explore alternative narratives that better reflect the client's desired identity and future, empowering them to become the authors of their own lives.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychotherapy approach that views the mind as a system of interconnected parts, much like a family. These "parts" can include wounded, protective, and exiled parts, each with unique perspectives and needs. IFS therapy focuses on identifying and healing these parts through compassionate communication and fostering inner harmony. By understanding the roles and needs of each part, individuals can develop a more integrated and balanced inner world, leading to greater emotional well-being and improved relationships.

*Sessions are currently virtual. Psychotherapy clients must reside in New York. Conscious arts, contemplative life, and relationship coaching clients can reside anywhere.

Approach

Not just talk therapy.

Although talking is an integral part of the process, we’re also here to understand aspects that may be beyond the reach of verbal processing. We’ll spend time with the body, learning its language through tracking sensations, exploring imagery, becoming intimate with impulses and patterns of behavior.

This approach to therapy recognizes that past traumas and unresolved conflicts can become "stuck" in the body, manifesting as physical symptoms like tension, chronic pain, or difficulty regulating emotions. Techniques may include exploring bodily sensations, analyzing dreams, and examining how unconscious processes influence physical and emotional experiences.

Whether you’re seeking treatment individually or as a couple, we’ll work collaboratively and relationally, considering the interplay of biology, psychology, and social environment. We look to the nervous system, its current state and innate capacities, to help guide this process of discovery and transformation.

Individual Therapy -
Areas of Focus

  • anxiety

  • depression

  • trauma

  • chronic pain

  • grief and loss

  • life transitions

  • spirituality

  • women’s health

  • relationships

  • identity

  • sexuality

Couple Therapy -
Areas of Focus

  • communication

  • conflict resolution

  • emotional intimacy

  • sex, eroticism, sensuality

  • attraction and desire

  • life stressors and transitions

  • attachment styles

  • parenting / co-parenting

  • alternative identities

  • nontraditional lifestyles

“When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery—that intimate relationship can be a sacred space where we can be ourselves, as we are… This kind of unmasking—speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges—is sacred activity, which allows two souls to meet and touch more deeply.”

-John Welwood, as quoted by bell hooks in All About Love